Receiver markings: M1903 on the left, M1903/14 on the right.
The 1903/14 is a modification of the 1903 model: Greek Crest added, Full length handguard added, (Note, handguard is missing from the rifle pictured above),
Grasping groves simplified, Stacking hook added.

These Greek Contract rifles intended to the Basileos Stratos (Royal Army) were sequestered and issued to their troops by Austro-Hungary in 1914. Millions of freshly made
ammo was also commandeered, and ammo production continued until the end of WW1. After WW1 some of these rifles were forwarded to Greece as war reparations.

5-rd integral charger loaded spool mag.

Tangent leaf front sight is graduated 200-2000 meters

Bayonet mount for M1903 Knife bayonet.

Stacking hook and front sight protector

Greek letters in the serial numbers

Greek proofmarks, St.George killing a dragon

M1903 knife bayonets were made by Steyr and FN Belgium. Old Greek Gras bayonets were altered to fit the M1903. These had a 522mm blade and 643mm full
length or 400mm blade and 521mm full length.

Greek Mannlicher-Schönauer Model 1903/14 Carbine

A Carbine version was also manufactured with similar features, except the sling swivels were on the left side of the butt and barrel band. 1025mm overall
length, 525mm barrel length, 3.58kg weight.

Muzzle cap

Carbine rear sight

Mfg date on an M1903

Greek Mannlicher-Schönauer Model 1903/14/27 Infantry Rifle

There are two theories for the origin of the parts:
1. The majority of the Y:1903/14 Mannlicher-Schönauer rifles left in Austria after WW1 were delivered to Italy as reparations and Breda refurbrished them
with parts and machinery supplied by Steyr. When Greece placed the contract with Breda, they assembled new rifles using some of the aforementioned
Steyr-made parts and when these were exhausted they produced complete rifles on machinery obtained from Steyr.
2. This contract was completed from Steyr manufactured parts by Breda, to circumvent the military weapon manufacturing prohibition imposed on Austria
after WW1.

Greek Mannlicher-Schönauer Model 1903/14/30 Carbine

St.George's Shield and Cross crest and the Acceptance mark (St.George and the dragon) are common throughout before and after WW1.

Related Greek Military History
From pages 555 & 556 of Christos Z. Sazanidis: The Arms of Hellenes, a Historical Survey of the Small Arms of the Hellenic Arms Forces, the Security
Forces, and Guerilla Bands, (1821-1992)", Thessaloniki, Greece, 1995.
4. The Repeating Rifle Era (1905-1941) For Greece, the first decades of the 20th century was full of war events. The armed phase of the Macedonian
Struggle (1904-1908), the victorious Balkan Wars (1912-1913), WW I (1914-1918), and the campaigns to Russia 1919) and Asia Minor (1919-1922) had all a
decisive effect upon the organization and the armament of the Greek Armed Forces.
4a. Up to WW I (1905-1914) The armed phase of the Macadonian Struggle last 4 years (1094-1908) and Greece took active part in it by sending men and arms
to this region. The small arms used by the Greek armed guerillas (andartae) who participated in the conflict were Gras and Martini single shot rifles
and carbines.
After 1905, there was also a limited number of 6.5 mm Mannlicher-Schönauer repeating carbines, which were slightly different from those adopted by the
Army. An assortment of rifles and carbines, coming from war booties (9.5mm and 7.65mm Turkish Mausers and 8x56mm Bulgarian
Mannlichers) and commercial sales, was also used.
In the field of handguns, most were Chamelot-Delvigne and Montenegrin Gasser revolvers, but any other type of pistols and
revolvers (Nagant, Colt, Smith & Wesson, Mannlicher etc) could also be seen in the hands of Greek guerillas. In Athens, after long debates and repeated
trials, the Army adopted the 6.5mm Mannlicher-Schönauer repeating rifle and carbine on October 28, 1904.
The first contract between Greece and the Steyr company (Oesterreichische Waffenfabrik Gesellschaft, Steyr) was signed on October 29-November 11, 1905
for 60,000 rifles and the first weapons were issued to troops in July, 1907. Up to the autumn of 1912, when the first Balkan War began, 130,000
Mannlicher-Schönauer rifles and carbines had been delivered to Greece, along with 100 million 6.5 mm cartridges bought from the Austrian Hirtenberger
and Georg Roth companies, and the Greek Powder and Cartridge Company.
This rifle was used in both Balkan Wars, WW I, the campaigns to Russia and Asia Minor and the Greco-Italian and Greco-German Wars of 1940-41. It was
also used by the resistance organizations during Axis occupation of Greece.
B. Up to the Treaty of Lausanne (1914-1923) When WW I broke out, Greece preferred to remain neutral for a certain period. This neutrality caused her to
be cut off from any possible channel of armament procurement, including small arms and ammunition. Till then, Greece had in her arsenal 190,069 6.5mm
M1903 and M1903/14 Mannlicher Schönauer rifles & carbines, 77,000 11mm M.1874 Gras rifles & carbines, and 44,000 Turkish Mausers and Bulgarian
Mannlicher rifles and carbines.
C. Up to the Eve of the Greco-Italian War (1923 to October 27, 1940). After the Asia Minor debacle, the salvaged material, inter alia, included: 1.
96,000 6.5 mm M1903 and m1903/14 Mannlicher-Schönauer rifles 2. 8,650 M1903 Mannlicher-Schönauer carbines 3. 16,000 8 mm M1888/90 and m1895 Bulgarian
Mannlicher rifles 4. 700 8 mm M1890 and m1895 Bulgarian Mannlicher carbines. 5. 26,000 7.65 mm M1890, M1893, and M1903 Turkish Mauser rifles 6. 10,500
7.65 mm M1890 and M1905 Turkish Mauser carbines. 7. 9,150 M1898 Mauser rifles8. etc.
All these weapons were old, worn out an short of spare parts, while most of them needed repair.
In order (for) the Army to be ready for combat, new small arms had to be bought. After long debates and repeated trials, in 1925, Greece ordered tom
the Italian Breda Factory 100,000 6.5 mm M1904/14/27 Mannlicher-Schönauer rifles, which were delivered in 1927. In 1930, Greece also purchased from
Steyr Werke AG (SWAG), 25,000 6.5 mm M1904/14/30 Mannlicher Schönauer carbines, making a total of 224,700 Mannlicher-Schönauer weapons (old and
new)." (Courtesy of John from Gunboards.com)